kalpa

== English == === Alternative forms === calpa === Etymology === From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, literally “formation”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌlpə/, /ˈkælpə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌlpə/ Rhymes: -ʌlpə, -ælpə Homophone: culpa === Noun === kalpa (plural kalpas) (Hinduism, Buddhism) A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas). ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Palka, klapa, palak == Finnish == === Etymology === Unknown. No known cognates. Possible, but unlikely, is a connection with the homonym kalpa (“piece of wood put on an animal's neck to prevent it from running through a fence, poke”), which is likely of Germanic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑlpɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝lpɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑlpɑ Syllabification(key): kal‧pa Hyphenation(key): kal‧pa === Noun === kalpa a triple-edged thrusting sword, similar to a rapier or smallsword (poetic) sword (in general) Synonym: miekka (fencing) epee ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kalpa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Latvian == === Noun === kalpa m genitive singular of kalps